Exposure assessment and control of chemical, physical and biological agents • Personal protective equipment requirement, selection, use and management • Risk assessment • Health and safety management systems • Incident investigation • Manual handling • Asbestos exposure

I accept instructions from defendants and claimants via solicitors on most health and safety topics. I have particular experience in health and safety legislation, fatal accident investigation, manufacturing, construction, banking, education, healthcare, charity, retail and pharmaceuticals. My skills include: risk assessment, training, work at height, fall prevention, safe systems of work, safety documentation and policies, fire safety and protection, COSHH, manual handling and work equipment.

Ergonomic assessments of: • Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) • Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) • Manual handling accidents • Back injury cases • Human factors • Human error • Safety critical tasks • Safety management systems • Noise • Asbestos • Whole body vibration • Hand-arm vibration • Vibration white finger • Accident investigation • COMAH • Safety design • Patient safety • Product design • COSHH • Slips, trips and falls • Musculoskeletal disorder • Display screen equipment • Assembly work • Cumulative trauma disorder We can also be contacted...

I provide independent and objective expert witness services in Environmental Health, Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety, and Fire Safety Risk assessment. I have worked in these areas since 1978 and have provided expert witness services since 1996. I am trained as an expert witness and have provided over a thousand reports for the court. I accept instructions as a Single Joint Expert and from solicitors acting on single instructions for claimants and defendants. I have given evidence in court on numerous...

Health & safety • Mechanical engineering design • Investigation of industrial accidents, personal injuries & fatalities • Occupational diseases (asbestos, noise, hand-arm vibration) • Investigations of fire & explosions • Investigation of defective engineering design & plant mal-performance • Risk assessments • PPE • Safe systems of work • Legionnaires disease

Asbestos • Chemical agents (including carcinogens, asthmagens & others) • Biological agents (including legionella) • Physical agents (including noise, vibration, etc.) • Ergonomics

Expert advice can be given in all aspects of asbestos in the field of occupational hygiene, including historic exposure assessment, rent arbitrations or litigations resulting from irreversible damage to belongings & /or property

Expertise: • Recognition, evaluation & control of occupational health risks such as chemicals, dusts, fumes, vapours & noise Experience: • A practising occupational hygienist with over 30 years' experience in a wide range of industrial & occupational settings with problems including respiratory ill health, e.g. asthma, asbestosis & other respiratory illness, cancer, noise-induced hearing loss, skin problems • Numerous publications & papers • Court experience as expert witness for defence & claimant Professional qualifications: •...

Criminal and civil investigator and expert witness for accidents, asbestos, construction, universities and much more. • 10 years as HSE Inspector (undertaking prosecutions) • 13 years at Newcastle University - Head of Safety • Freelance since 2012 Multiple award winner from 2015 to 2023 • Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness awards annually since 2017 • Lawyer International - Legal 100 awards annually since 2018 and many more, see http://safety4hed.co.uk/awards/ Reports normally available in 3 weeks.

Over 40 years' experience as an underwriter, claims handler, subrogation specialist, agent and London market insurance auditor. 1. Commercial (non-motor) insurance 2. Property insurance 3. Marine cargo and hull insurance 4. Protection and indemnity insurance 5. Marine liability and trade 6. Public and products liability insurance 7. Employment liability insurance 8. Professional indemnity insurance 9. Energy insurance 10. Specialty reinsurance 11. Construction insurance 12. London market practices 13. Industrial disease...

Asbestos exposure & illness: asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer & pleural disease claims, property contamination • Occupational noise exposure (NIHL) in all industries • Occupational health - respiratory, dermal & cancer claims, e.g. dust, metals, silica, solvents, gases, lead, temperature & light • RSI/workplace injury • Musculoskeletal, PPE issues & accidents • Microbiology: mould & bacteria, Aspergillus spp • Water quality/source for injury, health (e.g. Legionellosis) & property • Land contamination by spillage...

Dr Iyer is an advanced cancer interventionalist who has logged more than 200 medical thoracoscopies and 400 advanced bronchoscopy procedures. He is competent to comment on all aspects of respiratory medicine, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, cystic fibrosis/bronchiectasis, pneumonia and pleural effusion. He is also competent to comment on polysomnography and complex non-respiratory sleep disorders.

All aspects of respiratory medicine • Occupational diseases such as, occupational asthma, asbestos-related diseases & other pneumoconiosis • All aspects of general medicine • Life expectancy & prognosis

Asbestos-related illness • Respiratory conditions (including mesothelioma and lung cancer) • Oncology • Long-term conditions and chronic illnesses (including multi organ failure and dementia) • Neurological conditions • Life-limiting illnesses • End of life/palliative care • Chronic pain • Pressure ulcers and wound management • Psychological and mental health implications • Stoma • Post-surgical complications • Orthopaedic injury and amputation • Loss of service • Care • Breach of duty

Domiciliary quantum and staff placement reports to solicitors on personal injury cases since 2005. In 2009 I became a certified expert witness, having completed a Bond Solon Expert Witness course in conjunction with Cardiff University. My knowledge and understanding of the domiciliary care industry is now considerable, enabling me to assess in depth a client's domestic capabilities and requirements with precision and without bias. Over the years, I have advised on a mixture of cases for all ages who have...

Respiratory diseases, including asthma, asbestosis, bronchitis, emphysema & mesotheliomal tumour • Environmental factors, including fugitive gas emissions, irritants, carbon monoxide poisoning & toxicology • Occupational disease, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Drink driving, failure to give breath sample due to medical impairment • Musculoskeletal disease • Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) • Heavy metals poisoning, including cadmium, lead & mercury Correspondence address: Hollyoaks, 20 Haven Gardens,...

General medicine & respiratory medicine • Clinical respiratory physiology • Asthma • The interface of heart & lung diseases • Cardiomyopathies • Coronary heart disease • Heart failure • Thyroid diseases • Over 30 years' experience of clinical medicine, both acute & outpatient, in undergraduate & postgraduate teaching hospitals • 20 years' medico-legal practice • Court attendances welcomed • 150 peer-reviewed publications Secretary's email: [email protected]

Cardiothoracic surgery • Expert in minimally invasive surgery of the chest • Special interest in malignant & benign conditions of the chest cavity, including, but not limited to, lung, chest wall, airway & diaphragm • Extensive experience in pectus repair with open Ravitch or minimally invasive Nuss technique • International experience in management of emphysema with lung volume reduction surgery & valves • Extensive experience in management of chest trauma with skills obtained through long service in South Africa ...

Dr Escriu leads a clinic of patients with thymoma, thymic carcinoma and mesothelioma, and contributes to the care of patients with neuroendocrine tumours of the lung. 50% of his clinical activity is dedicated to the care of patients with 'wild type' lung cancer (with a special interest in immunotherapy). His biological interest lies in the identification of predictive biomarkers of response to therapy within blood circulating extracellular vesicles.

Industrial lung disease • Asbestosis • Respiratory diseases • Lung injury • Bronchitis • Emphysema • Mesothelioma • Pulmonary function testing • Medical negligence Secretary Enza Rickers E-mail: [email protected]

Respiratory disease diagnosis & treatment • Asthma management & education • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management • Lung cancer diagnosis & treatment • Sleep medicine & disorders • Interventional pulmonology procedures • Tuberculosis diagnosis & treatment • Pulmonary function testing interpretation • Critical care medicine • Smoking cessation counselling & intervention All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 13 Park Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 3DG.

Chest medicine, general • Sleep medicine • Narcolepsy

31 years of experience in: • Asbestos consultancy, training and project management • Expert witness for asbestos • Health and safety compliance auditing • Health and safety management and risk assessment • Occupational hygiene consulting • Fire risk assessment

Asbestosis • Mesothelioma • Industrial lung disease • Lung cancer • Respiratory disease • Occupational asthma

Holder of the Cardiff University and Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate and with over 25 years' direct asbestos industry experience managing the risk of asbestos in buildings and brownfield sites, Matthew offers expert witness and opinion on all asbestos regulatory compliance, remediation and management, including: • Remedial disputes and removal standards • Survey quality and practice • Analytical quality and practice • Occupational exposure • Compliance • Testing - HSE enforcement/actions

Health & safety management systems • Organisational culture • Training & education • Incident investigation • Workplace traffic management • Machinery safety & guarding • Manual handling • Noise • Thermal comfort & stress • Confined space entry • COSHH assessments • Airborne contaminant control • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure • Occupational hygiene

Dr Bianchi has expertise in general respiratory medicine (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, breathlessness, cough), with a special interest in sleep-disordered breathing (e.g. sleep apnoea, respiratory failure), pulmonary fibrosis (scarring) and bronchiectasis (chronic lung infection). Consulting at: Sheffield

Established in 1986, Assurity Consulting is an independent consultancy providing solutions for workplace health, safety & environmental performance • Services cover: • Legionella management & control • Risk assessment & training • Building air & water systems • Asbestos management • Health & safety • Fire safety • Computer room auditing (including zinc whiskers) • Environmental management Scope of work includes: • Liaison with enforcement authorities • Senior management briefing & training • Assessing the performance of third...

I have acted as an expert witness for over 12 years. My fields of expertise include all asbestos-related lung disease, including mesothelioma, asbestosis, diffuse pleural thickening & asbestos-related lung cancer. I have completed more than 500 reports on these conditions. I am also happy to provide life expectancy reports. I have been fully trained in report writing & courtroom skills & attend regular refresher training. I do not accept instructions for failure to provide reports. Due to workload, I am not...

Asbestos exposure • Asbestos-related diseases • Asbestos-related legislation • Exposure, diseases, legislation • General health & safety

Oncology • Radiology • Respiratory • Renal cancer • Skin cancers (including melanoma) • Acute oncology • Oncology drug development • In-patient and outpatient oncology • Toxicity • Immunotherapy • Clinical trial ethics applications • Clinical trial protocols and documentation • Pre-clinical oncology drug development

Front end engineering, design, construction and commissioning of process plant, pipelines and above-ground storage tanks.

Occupational hygiene • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure

With extensive knowledge and expertise spanning more than 25 years in UK asbestos regulations, approved codes of practice and guidance notes, I bring a wealth of experience to serve as an expert witness in asbestos-related disputes. I have acted as an expert witness in many cases and have brought knowledge which has seen my clients achieve a positive outcome. My areas of competence include all aspects of asbestos surveying, asbestos removal and remediation, focusing on identifying omissions, breaches, poor...

Dr Fonseka has a specialist interest in pleural disease and has sat on the British Thoracic Society national guideline committees for both mesothelioma and pleural disease. Clinical interests: • Pleural infection • Pleural effusions • Mesothelioma • Diffuse pleural thickening • Pneumothorax • Lung cancer. Dr de Fonseka is heavily involved with pleural intervention such as local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, indwelling pleural catheters, intercostal chest drains and diagnostic/therapeutic pleural aspirations.

Occupational lung diseases asbestos-related • Consultant General Physician with a special interest in Chest Diseases based at the Ulster Independent Clinic Belfast • Also medical negligence cases (equally for defendants and plaintiffs) and am instructed by the Coroner's Service for Northern Ireland, The Crown Prosecution Service and the Directorate of Legal Services

Delay in diagnosis of cancer • Tumour growth rates • Radiotherapy & chemotherapy

I specialise in failure to provide (breathalyser) cases in relation to which I have written over 200 reports and appeared in court many times. My other main interest is in asthma related to damp housing.